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November 4, 2015 7:49 AM - Season 3, Episode 6 - Subscribe
The stakes get higher as May and Bobbie pursue Ward and Hydra; Coulson thinks the ATCU could be keeping a big secret and Lash's secret identity is revealed.
It wasn't my guess last week, but as soon as I saw that Andrew was alive and tossing blame somewhere, I came around and figured it was him. Still not happy about that, because it's a long established character for me who's suddenly a shape changing alien murderer. Hopefully there will be something resembling a reasonable explanation. Possibly Lash has always been part of Andrew and set to activate if Inhuman activity reached a certain level.
Fitz continues to impress and be the man though!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:24 AM on November 4, 2015
Fitz continues to impress and be the man though!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:24 AM on November 4, 2015
The running assumption is he didn't become Lash until May's vacation when he disappeared.
I thought the build up was great, and on rewatch I'm sure there are even more clues than most picked up on. Andrew was very upset when Lash killed an inhuman that was working for Coulson to recruit other inhumans. That takes on a whole different spin now. Really looking forward to his motivations.
Interesting that even after Hydra and Ward the team didn't even consider the possibility that Lash was inside SHIELD and not ATCU.
Did Ward's team get that intel out of von Strucker and relay it on before they were attacked by May and Bobbi?
posted by 2ht at 8:31 AM on November 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
I thought the build up was great, and on rewatch I'm sure there are even more clues than most picked up on. Andrew was very upset when Lash killed an inhuman that was working for Coulson to recruit other inhumans. That takes on a whole different spin now. Really looking forward to his motivations.
Interesting that even after Hydra and Ward the team didn't even consider the possibility that Lash was inside SHIELD and not ATCU.
Did Ward's team get that intel out of von Strucker and relay it on before they were attacked by May and Bobbi?
posted by 2ht at 8:31 AM on November 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
I did not see that coming until fairly late in the episode. I knew the Lt was a red herring, but I was wondering if it was the head of the ATCU.
posted by rmd1023 at 9:09 AM on November 4, 2015
posted by rmd1023 at 9:09 AM on November 4, 2015
Episode 4 had both Andrew and Frye using a form of the phrase "un/comfortable in your/my own skin". Andrew seems to have a particular interest in Lincoln - I wonder why.
posted by klarck at 9:17 AM on November 4, 2015
posted by klarck at 9:17 AM on November 4, 2015
Hunter you are an enormous jerk. Some poor astronaut has been stuck on an alien world, alone, barely surviving, for 15 frigging years, and you think a valid reason not to work on ways to rescue him is because he might fall into the category of romantic competition?
I'm thinking it's probably a good thing you weren't part of the cast of the Martian, very different ENDING.
Also your head has gotten really weird and skeletal looking as a result of how you got your hair cut, and you probably deserve it.
posted by instead of three wishes at 9:33 AM on November 4, 2015 [9 favorites]
I'm thinking it's probably a good thing you weren't part of the cast of the Martian, very different ENDING.
Also your head has gotten really weird and skeletal looking as a result of how you got your hair cut, and you probably deserve it.
posted by instead of three wishes at 9:33 AM on November 4, 2015 [9 favorites]
Also you shot a guy in broad daylight and dragged him into a marked truck, then dragged him out again and wedged him into a car and left him there, and then just kept running around the DC metro area in said truck like it was totally inconspicuous. Although that one's partially on Daisy and Mack.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 9:40 AM on November 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 9:40 AM on November 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
Hunter you are an enormous jerk.
Well, yeah. That's kind of his M.O., right? When we meet him he's a mercenary, for God's sake. He's not a nice guy.
posted by leotrotsky at 11:20 AM on November 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
Well, yeah. That's kind of his M.O., right? When we meet him he's a mercenary, for God's sake. He's not a nice guy.
posted by leotrotsky at 11:20 AM on November 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
Possibly Lash has always been part of Andrew and set to activate if Inhuman activity reached a certain level.
When we first met Lash, I thought it might turn out that he was sent to Earth by the Royal Family to eliminate inhuman loose ends after the outbreak, but now that we know it's Andrew, it seems more likely that he became inhuman when he ingested some of that fish oil and now he's doing his own thing. Unless he was sent to infiltrate SHIELD a long time ago, in which case May will not be pleased.
posted by homunculus at 11:38 AM on November 4, 2015
When we first met Lash, I thought it might turn out that he was sent to Earth by the Royal Family to eliminate inhuman loose ends after the outbreak, but now that we know it's Andrew, it seems more likely that he became inhuman when he ingested some of that fish oil and now he's doing his own thing. Unless he was sent to infiltrate SHIELD a long time ago, in which case May will not be pleased.
posted by homunculus at 11:38 AM on November 4, 2015
Everyone: "Hunter, no."
Hunter: "Hunter YES."
I like that the Lash reveal came so quickly and wasn't drawn out over the course of the season (though once Andrew was confirmed to be Lash, his Lashness really came out when he was asking about Lincoln -- a little too on-the-nose). I'm intrigued and look forward to finding out why he does what he does.
I had to look him up, but the HYDRA guy was part of the World Security Council in CA:TWS. So far I'm liking the show's connection to the larger world at play while still being relatively self-contained.
I would like to officially put in a request for more Bobbi and May kicking ass around the world.
posted by memento maury at 12:03 PM on November 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
Hunter: "Hunter YES."
I like that the Lash reveal came so quickly and wasn't drawn out over the course of the season (though once Andrew was confirmed to be Lash, his Lashness really came out when he was asking about Lincoln -- a little too on-the-nose). I'm intrigued and look forward to finding out why he does what he does.
I had to look him up, but the HYDRA guy was part of the World Security Council in CA:TWS. So far I'm liking the show's connection to the larger world at play while still being relatively self-contained.
I would like to officially put in a request for more Bobbi and May kicking ass around the world.
posted by memento maury at 12:03 PM on November 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
It occurs to me that since Alisha is at SHIELD HQ, she's a sitting duck for Lashdrew. Skye's new team really needs more Inhumans on it, so I hope she survives.
posted by homunculus at 6:14 PM on November 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by homunculus at 6:14 PM on November 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
Can we talked about the suspended animation comatose people the ATCU has? I feel like the falling out from that will be a bit melodramatic but I'm curious to learn more about the scale and scope of that operation.
posted by toomanycurls at 10:29 PM on November 4, 2015
posted by toomanycurls at 10:29 PM on November 4, 2015
I would like to officially put in a request for more Bobbi and May kicking ass around the world.
Seconded. Watching those two work together was great.
posted by mordax at 11:05 PM on November 4, 2015
Seconded. Watching those two work together was great.
posted by mordax at 11:05 PM on November 4, 2015
I would like to officially put in a request for more Bobbi and May kicking ass around the world.
Thirded.
With Hunter as Tugger,
posted by Mezentian at 4:08 AM on November 5, 2015
Thirded.
With Hunter as Tugger,
posted by Mezentian at 4:08 AM on November 5, 2015
Can we talked about the suspended animation comatose people the ATCU has? I feel like the falling out from that will be a bit melodramatic but I'm curious to learn more about the scale and scope of that operation.
Judging by the size of the warehouse and the empty racks, they're preparing to capture a lot of Inhumans.
It's interesting how easily both narratively and within the world, the characters have adjusted to superbeings not just an actuality but plentiful. There's no more wonder, or disbelief, but rational thought and attempts to fix the problem.
Superhero stories always struggle with this dynamic, the tension between the the extraordinary and the mundane. Superman is super, but after living in a world filled with super-beings it call becomes rather ordinary.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:36 AM on November 5, 2015
Judging by the size of the warehouse and the empty racks, they're preparing to capture a lot of Inhumans.
It's interesting how easily both narratively and within the world, the characters have adjusted to superbeings not just an actuality but plentiful. There's no more wonder, or disbelief, but rational thought and attempts to fix the problem.
Superhero stories always struggle with this dynamic, the tension between the the extraordinary and the mundane. Superman is super, but after living in a world filled with super-beings it call becomes rather ordinary.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:36 AM on November 5, 2015
I would like to officially put in a request for more Bobbi and May kicking ass around the world.
Honestly, one of my favorite things this show does is put May in a situation where she has to pretend to do something other than kick ass, then watch her go through the stages of realizing she'll get to kick ass, then do it.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 5:46 AM on November 6, 2015 [3 favorites]
Honestly, one of my favorite things this show does is put May in a situation where she has to pretend to do something other than kick ass, then watch her go through the stages of realizing she'll get to kick ass, then do it.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 5:46 AM on November 6, 2015 [3 favorites]
Can we talked about the suspended animation comatose people the ATCU has? I feel like the falling out from that will be a bit melodramatic but I'm curious to learn more about the scale and scope of that operation.
It looks like the warehouse is the ATCU's one size fits all solution to Inhumans. You'd think the military would be looking into the potential for exploiting weaponized people. If the outbreak is truly global, it could start an arms race.
It doesn't seem like Rosalyn and the President know much about what the Inhumans really are and how they came to be. If I remember right, the President described them as aliens (i.e. extra-terrestrials) in his speech. Clearing that up should be one of SHIELD's top priorities.
posted by homunculus at 12:17 PM on November 6, 2015
It looks like the warehouse is the ATCU's one size fits all solution to Inhumans. You'd think the military would be looking into the potential for exploiting weaponized people. If the outbreak is truly global, it could start an arms race.
It doesn't seem like Rosalyn and the President know much about what the Inhumans really are and how they came to be. If I remember right, the President described them as aliens (i.e. extra-terrestrials) in his speech. Clearing that up should be one of SHIELD's top priorities.
posted by homunculus at 12:17 PM on November 6, 2015
The whole suspended-animation warehouse for Inhumans thing -- though frankly horrifying -- feels like a much more workable solution to the problem of keeping superfolks locked up than The Flash's still-ultracreepy metahuman prison thing. At least when they're being stored in racks Demolition Man-style we don't have to think about them eating/pooping/going insane from isolation.
posted by Strange Interlude at 12:54 PM on November 6, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Strange Interlude at 12:54 PM on November 6, 2015 [2 favorites]
Yeah, Strange Interlude, I like how Daisy & Co. are so horrified by something that is arguably more humane than the Flash crew's metahuman prison.
posted by brundlefly at 10:46 PM on November 7, 2015
posted by brundlefly at 10:46 PM on November 7, 2015
Oh! Also: Yay Powers Boothe!
posted by brundlefly at 10:48 PM on November 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by brundlefly at 10:48 PM on November 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
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posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 8:17 AM on November 4, 2015 [1 favorite]